Inside The Data: Did The Athletic Testing Of NFL Draft Safeties Meet Eagles Standard?
Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast
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🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome back to Inside the Data on Inside the Birds. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Jeff Mosher, and of course I got with me, Sam Finkel, as we always have when we do data and analytics. |
| 0:19.4 | And we've been doing a series on looking at every position of the NFL draft. |
| 0:24.3 | Well, not every position, but a lot of positions of NFL draft prospects and their athletic |
| 0:28.9 | testing and trying to put that all in perspective. |
| 0:32.0 | And especially from an Eagles viewpoint. |
| 0:34.3 | And Sam, I don't know if there's a position right now to look at from an eagle's viewpoint more than safety, because if the Eagles had to line up and play a game today, they don't really have a starting safety. I mean, they brought back Marcus Epps after Reed Blankenship left, and they signed a special teamer in J.T. Gray, and Macuba is coming back from his injury. So I guess right now, and they, of course, |
| 0:54.5 | trade Sidney Brown away. So what you would be looking at right now, and we're going to remove |
| 1:00.0 | Cooper to Gene from the equation just for the sake of this conversation is a starting safety |
| 1:04.5 | tandem of McCuba and Marcus Epps. One guy's a rookie or second year player who struggled to stay healthy as a rookie. |
| 1:13.2 | The other guy is probably, he's 30 years old. |
| 1:15.3 | He's really supposed to be a backup. |
| 1:17.7 | Maybe your third safety in a big nickel. |
| 1:20.5 | And then depth, it would be like Andre Sam and J.T. Gray. |
| 1:24.0 | So this is a position that's undergoing a lot of work. |
| 1:27.6 | So what you're saying is a position of need, I think. Yes, a little bit.T. Gray. So this is a position that's undergoing a lot of work. So what you're saying is this is a position of need, I think. Yes. A little bit. |
| 1:32.1 | And it lines up well for the draft because it's a position of need not only now, but for the future, as all like EPS is on a one-year deal. |
| 1:40.1 | The only person will be under contract out of of safety right now is Andrew Makua. |
| 1:45.7 | So it's obviously a cupboard that needs to be restocked. |
| 1:49.2 | Well, I have some good news for you then. |
| 1:51.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:51.8 | I think this draft is very deep at safety this year. |
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